A language disorder and my snub to the 30 million word gap
Enough with the 30 million word gap. It doesn’t mean crap when your kid has an actual language disorder.
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Apraxia, dyspraxia, dysarthria and the link that tied them all together.
Those familiar with my story know that I missed apraxia in Ashlynn because I was convinced she had CP (cerebral palsy). She had a significant birth history and had to be pulled out via C-section and all of her motor milestones were late. Tummy time was a nightmare. I was always so stressed about it…
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Beyond the speech, He is HAPPY
More than two years ago now, I had a client come to me who was 3 years old. My husband met his mom waiting in an OT office for my daughter Ashlynn, and over the course of a few months he saw that this child wasn’t making any progress with words. He struck up a…
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A fish in a tree and the teacher who helped her swim
The challenge today for apraxia awareness month was to recognize a teacher making a difference.
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Going off script, overcoming her language disorder
Two years ago I wrote a post called, “Speaking in scripts with a story in her eyes.” The point of the post was to describe how Ashlynn who was in Kindergarten at the time was speaking in sentences, and her apraxic component of her speech was resolving (meaning she had all of her speech sounds…
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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover: Speech/Language Book Companion and Activity Pack
Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover book companion
